Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Galbraith attributes the traditional tolerance of the underclass to the view , now perhaps no longer valid , that what keeps them happy ( or , at least , unrevolutionary ) is the possibility that they may eventually get out . |
| 2 | Apple , who started the whole ball rolling , politely reckon that they may eventually get 30 dealers who can cope with selling , installing and supporting DTP systems . |
| 3 | One of the major problems for us , whichever Party 's in in control , and I think if Councillor had gone to the press after this report was done and , rather than trying to score points and saying it 's all because it 's lack of Government cash , if he 'd appli if he 'd said , let's all get together on this , let's try and solve the problem , the problem 's been going on indefinitely , let's try and s , he might have gained more credibility . |
| 4 | Let's all get together . |
| 5 | Right let's let's all get lined get lined up again ready to move . |
| 6 | Big , old-established unions may lend up to £5,000 or even more ( the legal maximum is £10,000 ) , but smaller unions may have a limit of a few hundred , and a new member may only get £100 . |
| 7 | Chris disapproves strongly of artificial methods of rearing , even if it means that he may only get one or two fry from a brood . |
| 8 | A man of 25 in that position may only get a multiplier of 13 or 14 . |
| 9 | It must all get caught up on their teeth . |
| 10 | One of the high-heid yins wanted to have 20 gondolas , but another councillor said they should only get a male and a female and breed them . ’ |
| 11 | However , I have been told that I should only get one , because they eat each other . |
| 12 | Married Mr Wilson , 53 , admitted asking newly-wed Mrs Cann if she wore underwear , making jibes about her sex life and saying women should only get jobs if they wore low-cut tops and tight skirts . |
| 13 | However , I have been told that I should only get one , because they eat each other . |
| 14 | Well you put , should only get another one . |
| 15 | See , they 've got most women hooked on , on er contraceptive pill for all their reproductive life and they 're dead keen that we should all get so worried about menopause that we would also be buying their products until we die ! |
| 16 | It was obviously vital that he should somehow get into Vic 's shed unseen . |
| 17 | It seemed rather an historic moment , but I put the thought aside ; one must not get sentimental , and everything had been done properly , had been left in order and as it should be . |
| 18 | But I must not get irritable , must not . |
| 19 | So you must not get bogged down in detail . |
| 20 | On 15th June , Howard sent 92 cavalrymen from Fort Lapwai under Captain Perry to pursue the Nez Perce , teasing his subordinate : ‘ You must not get whipped ’ . |
| 21 | He must not get isolated . |
| 22 | Conservative administrations of the 1980s were certainly right to maintain that governments must not get involved in ‘ picking winners ’ and directing companies ' strategies . |
| 23 | Yet we must not get their faith in witchcraft and magic out of proportion . |
| 24 | But I had made up my mind that I must not get emotional , so I hid all my feelings . |
| 25 | You must not get too concerned about this matter of your veins , which are superficial . |
| 26 | That was one of the orders , there was a little bathroom down in the in the first floor and the thing that they must not get , was your hands dirty . |
| 27 | This must not get out , of course . ’ |
| 28 | The argument for multi-faith RE , which I support , must not get involved in negative judgements of this kind . |
| 29 | We must not get involved in an attacking extravaganza . |
| 30 | A Northern Electric spokesman urged people not to approach downed lines : ‘ Although they are designed to fail safe people must not get to close . |